Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents

Have to wonder how many of these parents voted to reelect Bush in 2004: Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents - New York Times: Two years into the war in Iraq, as the Army and Marines struggle to refill their ranks, parents have become boulders of opposition that recruiters cannot move.

Military officials are clearly concerned. In an interview last month, Maj. Gen. Michael D. Rochelle, commander of United States Army recruiting, said parental resistance could put the all-volunteer force in jeopardy. When parents and other influential adults dissuade young people from enlisting, he said, it begs the question of what our national staying power might be for what certainly appears to be a long fight.